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wet (made of liquid or moisture) adjective [UK: wet] [US: ˈwet] | våt, fuktigadjective |
wet (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) adjective [UK: wet] [US: ˈwet] | våt, bløtadjective |
wet (of weather or a time period: rainy, see also: rainy) adjective [UK: wet] [US: ˈwet] | (Bokmål) regnfulladjective (Nynorsk) regnfulladjective våttadjective |
wet behind the ears (inexperienced, not seasoned) adjective [UK: wet bɪ.ˈhaɪnd ðə ɪəz] [US: ˈwet bə.ˈhaɪnd ðə ˈɪrz] | våt bak øreneadjective |
wet job noun | våtjobbnoun |
wet nurse [wet nurses] (woman hired to suckle another woman's child) noun [UK: wet nɜːs] [US: ˈwet ˈnɝːs] | (Bokmål) ammenoun |
wet oneself (lose control of one's bladder) verb | |
wetland [wetlands] (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas) noun [UK: ˈwet.lənd] [US: ˈweˌt.lænd] | (Bokmål) våtmarknoun (Nynorsk) våtmarknoun |
wetsuit [wetsuits] (close fitting, insulating garment) noun [UK: ˈwet.suːt] [US: ˈwet.ˌsuːt] | (Bokmål) våtdraktnoun (Nynorsk) våtdraktnoun |
bedwetter (person who (habitually) urinates in his or her bed (during sleep)) noun | (Bokmål) sengevæternoun |
bellwether [bellwethers] (the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck) noun [UK: ˈbel.we.ðə(r)] [US: ˈbeˌl.we.ðər] | (Bokmål) bjellesaunoun |
soaking wet (extremely wet) adjective [UK: ˈsəʊkɪŋ wet] [US: ˈsoʊkɪŋ ˈwet] |